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animal

Tier

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
animal
1. Adjektiv:
2. [1] Tiere betreffend; tierisch
3. [2] Tieren ähnlich; tierisch, animalisch
4. Substantiv:
5. [1] das Tier
[1] I really like animals, especially birds.
Ich mag Tiere wirklich, besonders Vögel.
Englisch > Englisch
animal
1. subst. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plant, plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely
A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.
2. subst. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
3. subst. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fish, fishes, insect, insects, etc.).
4. subst. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
My students are animals.
5. subst. (informal) A person of a particular type.
He's a political animal.
6. subst. matter, Matter, thing.
a whole different animal
7. adj. Of or relating to animals.
animal instincts
8. adj. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
animal passions
9. adj. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
10. adj. (slang) Excellent
Deutsch > Englisch
Tier
1. subst. animal (see usage notes below)
2. subst. A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic, such as ferocity, strength, hairiness, etc.
Wenn er getrunken hat, wird er zum Tier. - When he’s had a drink, he turns into an animal.
3. subst. (hunting jargon) hind (female red deer)